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What PPE does your company provide?

Survey: What electrical safety training do you provide and how often?

The new NFPA 70E 2012 is likely to require min of 3 year training and OSHA requires some annual training. What does your site do?

Train the Trainer lets you use all the e-Hazard training materials for your company. Even if you compete with e-Hazard training, our mission is to provide the best training materials for electrical safety training. Anyone qualified to train on electrical safety can use our materials after attending this Train the Trainer. Our class is approved in more states than any NFPA 70E class and taught by over 300 trainers in the US and around the world. When you purchase e-Hazard workbooks you are supporting our research and up-to-the-date materials.

We must receive one week before the test date for sample preparation or make arrangements to ship to lab. New and non US/Canadian Customers must make payment before test date. Testing is offered on a first come/first served basis with priority for consulting customers.

New policies:

$100 per material for prep/washing and cutting panels ($200 for items arriving less than 7 days before test date to cover preparation overtime)

$150 for international hard copy report shipping or notarization requests.

No guarantee is made of when testing will occur but we usually test the month of receipt.

Good article that outlines standard specifications and test methods for arc rated PPE. Click here to read more about Global Standards on Arc Rated PPE

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New Zealand firm fined following near-fatal electrical incident

02-21-2011 21:01:32 PM

An Otago, New Zealand firm has been fined $36K and order to pay the injured worker $15K in emotional harm reparation following an electrical incident that severly burned The employee was received severe burns when the metal spouting he was working with hit 11kV power lines at the property where he was working. Click here to read more about Otago incident fine

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OSHA fines Boston hospital $63K for electrical violations

02-21-2011 21:00:59 PM

A Boston hospital faces $63,000 in OSHA fines for alleged “repeat and serious violations” of electrical safety standards following an investigation that resulted from a complaint from an employee. Click here to read more about the OSHA fines at Boston Hospital

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Ontario company fined $81K following electrical shock incident

02-16-2011 22:41:18 PM

An Ontario Canada company was fined a total of $81K following a serious accident that occurred in 2009. A worker was seriously hurt and underwent an amputation after coming in contact with a crane’s hook and receiving an electrical shock. Click here to read more about Ontario electrical shock incident

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Electrical Vehicles: Do they pose a threat to first responders?

02-16-2011 22:40:26 PM

Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are powered by high-voltage batteries. These batteries can be in excess of 400 volts. When responding to an accident, are first responders safe to use power cutters on the vehicle? This is a good question. There will need to be training on these cars. They are the future but all new technologies require new ways of dealing with them. Click here to read mor…

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Connecticut worker receives electrical burn to face while working on utility pole

02-16-2011 22:39:07 PM

According to the story an employee of a Connecticut company suffered an “electrical shock” while in a bucket working on a utility pole. A nearby lineman used bolt cutters to free the wires from his injured co-worker and pulled him into his own bucket. The injured man suffered burn injuries to the face and was sent to the hospital’s burn unit where he is in stable condition. From the description…

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Arc Flash Incident in Hotel on Grand Cayman Injures Electrician

02-16-2011 22:26:33 PM

An electrician who was performing an electrical inspection at the Marriott Hotel on Grand Cayman was burned when the electrical panel box exploded. He was taken to the hospital with burns to his face, hands and arms. Arc flash doesn’t just happen in industrial settings. This is the second person we have seen burned in a hotel. All electricians need electrical safety training and proper PPE. C…

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Jury trial set in man’s fatal electrocution wrongful death lawsuit against Kansas City Power and Light

02-11-2011 17:05:06 PM

The jury trial has been set for July 2012 in the wrongful death case against KCP&L by the parents of a roofer who was fatally electrocuted while putting on a roof. The roofer reached for a weather vane that was connected to the ground and came in contact with a uninsulated split bolt connector. The cause of death was determined to be electrocution. Click here to read more about the lawsuit aga…

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